280: How to Start a Bounce House Rental Business (Investing in "Inflatable" Real Estate)

<p>Corey Jeffreys turned an $800 investment into $3k in the first year and has been growing his business and adding more automated processes each year.</p> <p>His entrepreneurial adventure began by exploring the world of real estate investing, when he happened upon a slightly different rental business model: <a href="https://www.castlesfloat.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inflatable bounce houses</a>.</p> <p><em>Note: <a href= "https://nickloper.lpages.co/leadbox/14416d2f3f72a2%3A12b7a20bab46dc/5646405666340864/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to download Corey’s top tips for starting and growing a passive rental business from this episode.</a></em></p> <p><a href="http://www.coreyjeffreys.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Corey</a> started out renting a bounce house to his aunt as his first customer and doing all the labor himself, to where he is now with a virtual assistant from Upwork taking bookings and a delivery guy from Craigslist handling the delivery.</p> <p>This is a very different side hustle from the online businesses we see more often, but Corey managed it with a small up-front investment and it set the cogs turning with possibilities of other industries this can be applied to.</p> <p>Tune in to hear how Corey found his first customers, grew his business through word-of-mouth and online marketing channels, and hired help to automate his business processes and remove himself from the day-to-day operations.</p>